Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-29
NINE. KATE ROLLA.
Her Great Success In Opera Across {
Briny Deep.

Her Great Success In Opera Across the
Briny Deep.
Nine. Kate Rolla, in whose career
Wheeling people are much interested, is
adding to her successes in Europe, and,
while we have heard little Of her here, she
is rapidly building fine reputation over
the sea. AswiIl be well remembered, Nine.
Rolla some time since accepted an engage
ment with Col Maplesop, the world-re-
nowned iapressdTiO, as prima donna in
his company, formed to make continental
tour, and it is now understood from the best
authority that the tour would have been q
failure had not Mime. Rolla been secured,
notwithstanding the fact that Minnie Hauk
and other celebrated artists are in the COM
pany.
In Carmen" in which opera Mime.
Rolla takes y secondary part. that of
"Michaela," scored q wonderful success,
and brought the role out to remarkable
degree, as the following press notices will
show. The Cork, Ireland, Examiner says:
"A feature Of particular interest was the
singing of Mdlle. Caterina Rolla, lady
who is the fortunate possessor Of mag
nificent soprano, very highly trained. Her
singing as 'Micheala' was q rare treat.
The great air of the part 'Tui del con-
trsbbandieri 'asilo nascosto' was sung
in such fine style as to bring down quite d
hurricane of plaudits, and the gifted
singer was obliged TO respond to a very en-
tbusiastic encore. Mile. Rolla has
voice of fine range, and she sings with
truly artistic appreciation of the music.
Not the least thing in her favour IS her
very attractive appearance. In all her
music she sang with success, and we have
no doubt her appearance as 'Elvira' In
'Ernani' will be eagerly awaited"
Other Cork papers contained the follow
ing:
There remains one artist more TO men
ton. and she takes undoubtedly the palm
of the evening, namely, Madlle Caterina
Rolla, who made III every respect most
exquisite 'Michaela.' Not only is she the
possessor Of a nice, pure and sweet voice
in quality, with considerable power, but
she knows apparently how TO use 1t, and
the audience may expect rare treat on
Friday night, when she is announced to
take the charmingpar Of 'Elvira' in Verd!'s
Ernani. Besides this she is announced Tor
a secondary part in the Magic Flute, but
her real powers of which she gave unmls-
taxable signs last night, cannot properly
be Judged before Friday night, and 1t Is
only to be regretted that this is the only
time when she will be able to display her
apparently great talent"
t'Mdlle Caterina Rolla as 'Michela,' the
character in the opera which, above all
others. commands ones admiration, was
accorded a splendid reception. She IS
vocalist of rare culture, with voice Of
wide range and perfect quality. She is,
besides, an actress Of great hlstrionic abii-
ity, and eminently fitted to portray this
role which she so excellently adorns. Her
singing of the aria, 10 dicO NO, mon son
psnrOso, was encored and repeated"
Judging from the following from the
Liverpool Courier Nine. Rol)a must have
also madea tlattcring success there: The
'Michaela' of the night was ALEC excellent.
Her very appearance secured for Madile.
de Rolla warm welcome, and she no
sooner sang in the little duet at the opening
of the opera than she was on good terms
with the audience. She is endowed with
personal attractions as well us tiue SO
prano voice, which rings out clear and
| flute-like to the highest note OF her regis
ter, and she is artistiCally qualified to
make the very best use of her endowment.
The tender and devOut feeling which she
infused into the aria 10 dico nc, in the
cave scene, secured for Der splendid rec
ognition, and the audience seemed anxious
to have the number sung third time.
She also gained much and deserved APP
plause by her charming acting and singing
when 'Michaela, tenderly beseeches Jose TO
return home to his mother"
These Liverpool Post contains the follow
ing: "Iu 'Michaela, Mdlle. Caterina Rolla
showed what really great artistic can
make of scanty materials. This lady
possesses q soprano OF q 'u!lness aud deli
cacy and purity of tone that have seldom
been heard even among the foremost
nfiSits of the lyric stage; and in the ex-
quisltc passages Of melody assigned 20
'Michaela, particularly the prayerIul and
beautiful song in tie third act, she held a
sway over the audience that could only be
the achievement of great singer Madlle.
ROlla ought to create sensation in 'Elvlra'
and 'LenOra.'"
The notices all refer 10 the one Opera,
aud in Faust" in which Nine. Rolla sings
Marguerite" She made wonderful
succesa. As this is her favorte role she
takes great pride in it and it was the uni
versal opinion Of all the great artists, Ar
ditti included, that Rolla could be com
pared with Nilsson in this part She also
scored successes in Don Giovanni"
"Magic Flute" "Ernani," and 'Il Tfava-
tore, " and the fact that the lady sings five
out of six nights each week is sufficient
evidence that she has sung herself into the
hearts of the public. Wheeling people
will look forward TO her future successes
with much pleasure.